Month: June 2006
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Eat The Press | The Huffington Post
It’s all about the media. Lots and lots of it. Good stuff, too. Eat The Press | The Huffington Post
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Does your college newspaper cover the blog beat?
Bryan Murley at Reinventing College Media lays out some instructions for covering the campus blogosphere. I think it’s a good idea, but I look at it another way: Reading blogs written by students, faculty, and alumni should be a way to find story ideas — not necessarily a beat in itself — unless, of course,…
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News Reporter – Bay City News Service
“Pay is $440 to $550 per week, based on experience, plus company-paid benefits including health, vision, dental and life insurance.” News Reporter – Bay City News Service
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How to report a news story online – OJR
A quick overview of different methods evolving in online journalism, including “open source reporting” and more traditional CAR. How to report a news story online – OJR
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SimplePie: Documentation » SimplePie Plugin for WordPress
Useful RSS parsing for posting content from elsewhere on a WordPress blog (or whereever). SimplePie: Documentation » SimplePie Plugin for WordPress
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Geeks for journalism or journalism for geeks?
Lex Alexander, Greensboro News-Record citizen-journalism guru, in a post about a community meetup to talk about the paper’s online CJ section: “We frequently get asked why we don’t do X, or whether we have ever thought about doing Y. Regarding Y, the answer is “probably.” But the N&R’s news department has an appetite for doing…
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Computer assisted reporting 2.0
Now that the SJSU J-School is cooking up a New Media class for next semester, which I’ve suggested should be mostly a practical lab for future online editors, it’s time to start thinking about the next step in revising the curriculum. Which, of course, it’s not my job to do, but I haven’t let that…
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New little camera is impressive
New camera = Canon Powershot A530. It’s a humble little point & shoot, but it kicks the crap out of our old one. Then = slow shutter, barely in focus shots, low resolution, nothing sharp, lots of time in between frames. Now… …that’s what I’m talkin’ about. Canon A530. Under $200. Google it, shop around,…
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Web 2.0 Design Kit, Part 2 | Photoshop Lab
Diagonal line patterns and rounded corners (designing, not coding). Web 2.0 Design Kit, Part 2 | Photoshop Lab
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Photographer – SF Examiner
“The San Francisco Examiner is seeking an experienced, creative, self-reliant and motivated photojournalist in the San Francisco and San Mateo County markets.” Photographer – SF Examiner